Why would you want to? You probably have very high reading comprehension. I think speed reading reduces the comprehension and the enjoyment of what you’re reading so why do you want to read faster??

I didn't even realise this was possible...I've always read with an internal monologue?

I thought thats how reading worked... I'm making my own storytime, radioplay or podcast...

for non fiction books

Yeah people just turn it off and then can just scan a page instead of talking it . Much faster.

That's some weird advice I wouldn't personally follow. Just keep reading, you'll slowly get faster as you practice, it should come naturally. If you don't plan on sacrificing comprehension or retention don't push it too quickly. Practice makes perfect and it does take time.

I've found that a word flashing tool like this is helpful at first, especially for the people who feel like it isn't even possible:

https://tools-unite.com/tools/speed-reading-app

Using something like this, if I focus, I absolutely can read at a much faster rate than an internal monologue can keep up with.

Unfortunately I don't have any advice for a next step though. Looking at actual printed words on a page I can speed read, sometimes, but it's always remained too much of an exerted effort for me to take over full time.

And by the way research on this shows that comprehension doesn't suffer for people who are used to it.

You don't stop thinking to read. Internal dialogue Is The Point of reading. If a reader isn't spending half their time staring at the wall and rearranging their assumptions, they're missing The Point.

Same thing. To put facts into context, you stop and think, you build the base for a new overall understanding.

This is probably the third time I've read a post like this and I wish people would stop telling others to just "turn their internal voice off"

To be perfectly clear: Some. People. Cannot. Do. That. Period.

I have an internal monologue ALL of the time, I have absolutely no control over it and I cannot turn it off

You might be able to learn to read without a voice, I'm sure some people here have good advice for that, but please don't beat yourself up if you don't succeed

read it aloud. I just tried, it is kickass and a technique i will practice for my own here on.

No they can't.

There are two types of thought patterns: verbal and visual.

The majority of people have verbal thoughts, like you say, they hear what they're thinking/reading. Some other people, however, have visual thoughts: they see forms and structures of sentences or objects.

This is, of course, predominantly. We don't have verbal thoughts all of the time and the visual-thinkers don't lack internal monologue, though they struggle a bit to get there.

The thing is: you can't choose. You get what you get. If you're a verbal-thinker, then that's what you'll ever be. You can totally train to read faster, though. There are plenty of tips for that

this! if i focus on it i can turn my inner voice quiet for a bit, but it makes reading so sterile and i end up not processing everything. I'd rather slowly enjoy and understand

When it comes to reading for leisure, there is no right way. Read the way that works for you, cops can’t do shit!

Speed reading is almost useless, unless you’re scanning to find a specific thing.

I think everyone, to some extent, has a internal monolouge when they read. The solution isn't to turn it off, but training it to go faster.

Small hack to do this: I've found that listening to an audiobook at 2x up to 5x speed while following along on the page has increased the speed of reading while maintaining my comprehension.

Also when you read more books of the same kind, and get accustomed to the same kind of sentences, you'll naturally find it easier to read the words without the "voice". Your brain will start seeing words as sentences, sentences as paragraphs, and paragraphs as ideas. This is a slow process, and can take a while. But after a while, it's super cool to find your eyes speeding along a page, with your brain comprehending the sentences, without you even noticing.

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>Yeah people just turn it off and then can just scan a page instead of talking it . Much faster.

No, that does not work. They think they can, but there is no study that shows that information retention is high while "scanning" a page. That is one of those myths like subliminal messaging and other semi-esoteric bullshit that seems to make sense when you first hear about it. It is utter bullshit and. does. not. work.

I tried and timed this and it doesn't really make a difference in reading speed for me.

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